Many Christians to-day are waiting
for Jesus' coming.
A similar class lived
at the first advent who, nevertheless,
when he had come, could not believe it.
They received him not, but rejected
and slew him, because he came not in
accordance with their earthly ideas.

Similar earthly ideas blind the eyes
of most Christians now.
They, like the
Jews, are looking for an earthly king.
It seems strange that they cannot realize
that, since his resurrection, he is
"the express image of the Father's person""whom no man hath seen nor
can see"for "God is a Spirit," (spiritual
being) and "a spirit hath not flesh
and bones."
You could not see an
angel (spiritual being) without the performance
of a miracle to reveal him,
though he might be personally present
unseen.
Then, why claim that Jesus
could not be personally present, yet unseen?
The difficulty arises from the
confused ideas held on the subject of
animal (human) and spiritual bodies.
"If there is an animal body, there is also a spiritual body," says Paul (1 Cor. 15:44Diaglott), and we wish that all
could realize this.
They are distinct
and separate.
You cannot have both at
the same time; they belong to two different
natures.
The one body and nature
is the earthly; the other, the heavenly,
is promised to the overcomers;
and the promise of it is properly called
a "heavenly calling." (Heb. 3:1.)
We do know what the earthly is, while
we do not know what a heavenly, or
spiritual body, is.
"It doth not yet appear
what we shall be"hence it must
be very different from our present
animal body. (1 Cor. 15:38-44; and 1 John
3:2.)
Jesus and angels are
spiritual beings, and it is by reason of
the difference between their nature and
ours that we cannot see them with our
natural eyes unless they appear to us
(manifest their presence by a miracle.)

It is, or should be, well known to all
of our readers, that "ZION'S WATCH
TOWER" is a HERALD OF CHRIST'S
PRESENCE.
We do not mean in any
mythical sense; we do not mean that
he is present by his spirit or will, as
exercised in and over his Church, as
throughout the entire age; but we
mean that he is present now in the
manner and sense promised throughout
Scripture; present not without a
body, but a spiritual being.

We know of his presence, not by the
light of human science, but by the light of
God's Word.
We know of his presence,
not as men recognizing a man, but as new creatures recognizing our
Head, our Captain, our Bridegroom.
We see him not by human sight, but
the eyes of our understanding, being
opened and enlightened by the light of
our lamp, we see him, whom we love
and adore, present to test those who
claim to be his, and to select his "faithful,"
"undefiled," "chaste virgin"to
"make up his jewels": those who are
accounted worthy to "follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth," and to be his
joint-heirs, glorified together with him
"the Bride, the Lamb's wife." (Comp. Rev. 14:4,5 and 21:9.)

He is present, not only to establish
his kingdom and glorify his saints, but
also to break in pieces and consume
all earthly kingdoms, and to bind Satan
by overthrowing his power.
Thus he
will liberate mankindthe Jew first and
also the Gentileand bless all the families
of the earth.

None, familiar with Scripture, will
question that this is the order of the
Lord's work as therein revealed.
By a
parable he showed that he would first reward his faithful ones, and then proceed
to deal with the world.
In the
establishment of his kingdom he first comes, secondly organizes his own
kingdom, thirdly uses his kingdom
power to overthrow evil and error and
present kingdoms of earth, at the same
time beginning the restitution of Israel
as a first step in "the restitution of all
things spoken."

But while this is plainly the Scriptural
order of Christ's work, and while
we see Israel's restitution commencing,
and the nations on the brink of overthrow,
while the nominal Church has
been passing through the time of trial
and testing, which is rapidly sifting out
the true and ripe wheat, gathering the
jewelsthe virgin of Christyet many
are hoping that Jesus will come soon. "Ye fools and blind," can ye not discern
his presence by these things transpiring
all around you?
These are the signs (evidences, indications) of the
Son of man.
They indicate that he has come and has already commenced his work.